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The Missouri’s men’s basketball games against Nebraska on Jan. 30 in Columbia and Feb. 13 in Lincoln will be televised on a tape-delay basis.

Both games will tip-off at their regularly scheduled time of 7 p.m.

The tape-delayed broadcast is because of the television rights agreement the Big 12 Conference has with ESPN. The originally-scheduled broadcast time put the game in conflict with the Kansas at Kansas State game scheduled that evening on ESPN-Plus. Both of Missouri’s contests can be heard live on the Tiger Radio Network.

The broadcast on Metro Sports in Kansas City and Fox Sports Midwest throughout the state will begin at 8:30 p.m. on both nights, while locally, KZOU will show the contests immediately after the ESPN-Plus telecast.

Lineman changes course toward MU

Missouri has secured another football commitment who had previously pledged to another school.

Defensive end Marcus Malbrough of West Brook High School in Beaumont, Texas, switched his commitment from Iowa to Missouri, as reported by Powermizzou.com. Listed at 6-foot-5 and 225 pounds, Malbrough becomes the fourth known commitment for MU’s upcoming recruiting class who has reneged on a previous verbal commitment.

Marable named wrestler of the week

Missouri sophomore Nicholas Marable yesterday was named the Big 12 wrestler of the week.

Ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation at 165 pounds, Marable defeated fourth-ranked Mack Lewnes 3-2 in Missouri’s home dual Sunday against No. 16 Cornell. Helping the Tigers to a 21-13 victory over the Big Red, Marable’s victory was his eighth this season against a top-20 opponent and second against a top-five wrestler.

Marable improved to 17-3 on the season. All three of Marable’s losses this season have come to wrestlers ranked No. 1 at the time: Eric Tannenbaum of Michigan (7-4), Keith Gavin of Pittsburgh at 174 pounds and Mark Perry of Iowa.

Pfeiffer named Missouri soccer MVP

Midfielder Meghan Pfeiffer was named the Missouri soccer team’s 2007 most valuable player at the program’s end-of-the-season banquet Saturday night.

Kristin Andrighetto was honored as the Tigers’ offensive player of the year. Crystal Wagner was named defensive player of the year. The most-improved-player award went to Michelle Collins, and Alysha Bonnick was named newcomer of the year. The awards were voted on by the players.

Oxenhandler wins state handball title

Columbia’s Gary Oxenhandler teamed with St. Louisan John Caby to win the Missouri State Handball Doubles Championship over the weekend in St. Louis.

Competing in the Super Golden Masters division, Oxenhandler and Caby beat Kansas City’s John Bailey and Bill Strawn 21-20, 21-18 for the state title.

Columbia Phoenix win tournament

The Columbia Phoenix eighth-grade girls basketball team won the Mid-Missouri Preseason Basketball Tournament over the weekend at Helias High School in Jefferson City.

Three Columbia residents won weightlifting titles at the Zercher Strength Classic on Saturday at Clark’s Gym.

Mike McBride won the open title with a total of 8,898½ pounds in 13 lifts. Included was an 850-pound leg press, a 1,805-pound hip lift and a 2,525-pound harness lift.

Joe Garcia, 54, won the masters division with a total of 8,020 pounds. He had a 1,805-pound hip lift and a 2,425-pound harness lift.

Kyle Calcote, a 15-year-old ninth-grader at West Junior High School, won the junior division with a 4,870-pound total. He had a 905-pound hand-and-thigh lift and a 1,400-pound harness lift.

FURTHERMORE

Kansas football Coach Mark Mangino was expected to be released from a Lawrence, Kan., hospital and return to work today after undergoing tests. A Kansas official told The Associated Press he did not think the situation was a medical emergency for Mangino, 51, who led the Jayhawks to a school-record 12-1 mark and an Orange Bowl victory over Virginia Tech. He was named national coach of the year. … Coach Romeo Crennel has agreed to terms on a two-year contract extension with the Cleveland Browns, who won 10 games in his third season and finally returned to NFL respectability. Crennel’s agent, Joe Linta, said last night that the sides have agreed in principle to the extension but that it hadn’t been signed yet.

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CORRECTION: Thursday, January 31, 2008

The names of some members of the Mid Mo Hustlers basketball team were left out of an item in Tuesday’s Tribune.